Lifestyle Columns
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From farm to tableFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Peg Sheaffer of Sandhill Organics Farm in Grayslake gets creative preparing meals with midwinter vegetables like her butternut squash soup. Turning midwinter vegetables ...
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You can have your cake and eat healthy, tooFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - I fall hard for full-page, color food pictures, especially those featuring anything chocolate. That's why a recent Gourmet magazine picturing a single-layer, devil's foo...
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Meatless diet no guarantee against cancerFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. If plant-based diets are recommended for lower cancer risk, does that mean that a vegetarian diet is best? A. Not necessarily. Two recent studies, one in Brit...
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Find coupons for low-fat foods, produce in healthy amountsFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - I've heard every reason why people don't use grocery coupons. One of the most common is "there are no coupons for 'healthy' foods." I generally nod and say something to ...
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What do you call that time between relationships? LifeFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. Is there really something that wrong with starting another relationship right after another one ended? I mean, really: What am I "supposed" to learn or do in the ...
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Wait no longer than Feb. 23 to uncork that special memoryFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - On Feb. 23, Carolyn Pearce of Kerrville, Texas, is finally going to open a bottle of wine she calls "Nancy." It's a Corbett Canyon Chardonnay that was served at a salute...
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Egg whites, sugar team up in meringueFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Cookies, pies and cakes have their place, not doubt, but what I find more fascinating are those sweet treats that defy a standard definition. I like recipes that draw up...
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Sweety pleasersFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - A lot of jewelry is being purchased today. And a lot of spa gift certificates. And a lot of gadgets. With Valentine's Day just hours away, it's time for you procrastinat...
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You must be the world heavyweight champFeb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. I found out that my boyfriend has been selling my prescribed anti-anxiety medication (sedatives) to a friend of his. Not many, but a few. I hate this friend, so on to...
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Time to blow horn for last seven episodes of 'Jericho'Feb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - If only the world had come to an end when those 23 nuclear bombs dropped on the United States on the same day just over a year ago. But no, human life continues on its d...